About me

Digital culture editor, curator and founder of Designcollector Network, Arseny Vesnin (b.1981) has been exploring and curating the very best of visual media arts and design since 2003. Being a pioneer of blogging and digital curating Arseny quickly absorbs new trends and time to time works on his own experiments. Currently establishing strong existence in curating digital art through Designcolector Network and art exhibitions on "Digital Decade" platform

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Projects

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  Digital Decade SE 2020On 8 July a new collection of digital editions titled Digital Decade SE curated by Designcollector Network launches on Sedition. The exhibition features works by Krista Kim, Aristarkh Chernyshev, Eliska Sky, Azamat Akhmadbaev, Joëlle, Dimitri Daniloff and Grégoire A. Meyer.
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  Digital Decade: Post IdentityPlanning new Digital Decade exhibition during The Wrong Biennial in London. More details TBD https://www.instagram.com/digital.decade/
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  Digital Decade @ The Anti Art FairCurator of Digital Decade, Arseny Vesnin was invited by Creative Debuts to bring digital artist to their brand new event - The Anti Art Fair, went proudly in October 2018 during the central art week in London. During the event we presented two selected artists Giacomo Carmagnola and Thomas Webb
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  Future Selves at #FutureFest18Designcollector and FutureFest (Nesta UK) presented “Future Selves”, a special edition of the annual art collaboration baked by Ello Creative Network
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  The Digital Decade 5, LondonDesignCollector Network presents an innovative exhibition exploring the intersections digital and physical forms (“phygital”) in art as part of the annual event Digital Decade 5, featuring emerging artists working in the field of digital art. This year’s theme of “Cyberia” encourages artists to reflect on the concept of the newborn digital-native that is changing our common value systems.
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  Digital DecadeStarted as a digital art competition "Digital Decade" quickly become the melting point of artistic challenges and creative audience. Run by Designcollector Network (2003), the annual collaboration aimed to reveal new artists and grab attention the global topics that matter not only designers. Due to the undeground nature of the collaboration and high interest among new artists we can host it only once a year selecting the best locations online and offline. First "decades" went during OFFF fe

Projects credited in

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  DCMAG 2012One of the oldest creative media platform Designcollector challenged its founder Arseny Vesnin to release offline magazine featuring "Artist vs Artist" collaborations, interviews and a lot more. Only 2 but epic issues of "DCMAG" has been done during 2012-2013 to celebrate 10 Years of Designcollector Network
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  The Digital Decade SEThe Digital Decade SE is a Special Edition group show run by Designcollector + Seditionart and reflecting on a post-2020 life.

Work history

CuratorDigital Decade
Apr 2013London, United KingdomFreelance
The Digital Decade collaboration and exhibition now in its sixth year, has run successfully each year since 2013. Created as a celebration of Designcollector's 10th Anniversary it quickly becomes a platform for new digital artists. During the last several years more than 100+ artists exhibited with Digital Decade during OFFF Festivals in Barcelona and St.Petersburg, and as standalone phygital art events in London.
Sr Visual DesignerEmergn
Jul 2005London, United KingdomFull Time

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Skills

• Art Direciton
• Exhibition Curation
• Art Curation
• Digital Arts
• Art Administration
• Content Curation
• Art Blogger
• Art Exhibition
• Museum Display
• Speaking

Education

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BA (Hons) DesignSaint-Petersburg State University of Industrial Technologies and Design
Sep 1999 - May 2005Saint Petersburg, Russia
Graphic Design

Awards

Mobile App of the DayFWA
iPad MAG published by Designcollector Network in 2011. Featuring interesting interviews from Taschen, Behance, the FWA and Fubiz, as well as awesome artworks from contributors.